Toronto 11 @ Pittsburgh 9
After falling behind 4-1 in the first quarter, the Crossefire (2-3) battled back to tie the defending world champion Rock (3-0) three times, including the final time tied at 9, but never got the lead an fell to the Rock 11-9 in front of a small crowd of 3,217 at Mellon Arena Friday night. Joe Hiltz had a good game for the home team, including 3 straight goals in the 3rd quarter. Dalep and Watson manned the nets. Watson continued his fine play for the Rock, allowing an average of 9 goals in their firs three games.
Albany 16 @ New York 17 OT
Matt Panetta scored 3:17 into the overtime period, allowing 5,803 fans at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to go home happy after watching their Saints (2-2) wrap up a important 17-16 victory over their instate rivals from Albany (1-2). Game MVP Chris Panos lead the Saints with 4 goals and 2 assists, while the Attack were paced by Ted Dowling amazing 7 goal, 4 assist performance.
Albany Times-Union
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Rochester 12 @ Philadelphia 15
With about 7 minutes to go in the third quarter, the Wings (2-1) trailed 11-7, the usually loud Philly crowd was strangely silent, and the Knighthawks (2-1) looked to be on their way to an easy win. Then, Dallas Eliuk crushed Rochester's Casey Zaph, who was coming down to pick a loose ball to go on a break, and the game changed momentum immediately. Rochester failed to score on the 5 minute major power play, giving up a four on four goal to Philadelphia, and scored only 1 of the last 9 goals scored in the game. The result was a 15-12 Wings victory in front of 15,550 fans at the First Union Center.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Syracuse 21 @ Buffalo 22
A controversial goal with just 25 seconds left gave Buffalo (1-1) their first win of the season in front of 7,311 at Marine Midland Arena, while ensuring that the Smash (0-3) were still winless on the road all time. The Smash argued strongly that the goal should have been disallowed as a crease violation. John Tavares led the Bandits in scoring (4G, 6A) while Paul Gait was the leader for the Smash with nine points.